1. + LS 560: Database Project Tonya Olson April 14, 2014

2. + The Problem… LS 560 required students to build a website. As part of this assignment, I included a section entitled “Literary Loves” highlighting my favorite books and a link to my Goodreads page. While my Goodreads page details books that I’ve read and want to read, I thought it would be interesting to have a section that details the many books I own, including those that I have not read.

3. + The Solution… Build a database! The database I built contains a selection of books contained in my personal library. A more comprehensive database would include all the books in my collection, but because of time and skill restrictions, I kept it smaller. My database contained the following tables: Authors Books Favorites Gender Genre

4. + Author Table

5. + Books Table

6. + Gender Table Favorite Table Genre Table

7. + Table Relationships

8. + Query #1 For my first query, I wanted to see which books I own, but have not read yet. When viewed in SQL format, it appears like this: In design view, it appears like this: And the results are:

9. + Query #2 For my second query, I wanted to see which books I consider my favorites AND are written by women. When viewed in SQL format, it appears like this: In design view, it appears like this:

10. + Query #2 (continued) And the results are:

11. + Website Mock-Up In order to illustrate my website’s database integration, I’ve added a tab called “My Library” which features the selection of books, as well as buttons to access the results of the two queries. If time had allowed, I think more queries could make this tab an interesting way to get to know me and my reading habits. Mock-Ups can also be found at: http://bit.ly/QhDzFK

12. + Query #1 Results Mock-Up

13. + Query #2 Results Mock-Up